Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-05-13

we were driven 10 covering ourselves with
blankets head and all, and sitting to slowly
stew and continually scratch and swear be-
meath them And as we sat- suddenly rolling
out like thunder through the silence came tho
deep roar af lion, and then Of a second lion,
moving among the reeds within fifty yardsof
us.
~ say" said Leo, sticking his head out from
under his blanket 'lucky we alnt on tho
bank, ell, Avlmcularg" U.eo sometimes al
dressed me in this disrespectful wayl curse
It'll mosquito mas bitten mo on the nose, and
the head vanished again.
Shortly after this the moon came up, and
notwithstanding every variety OF roar that
echoed over the water TO us from the lions on
the bank we began, thinking ourselves per-
fectly secure, to doze off.
, don't quito know what 1t was that made
me poke my head out of tho friendly shelter
of tho blahket-pcrhaps because | found that
the mosquitoes were biting right through it.
Anyhow as did so l heard Job whisper, IN a
frightened voice, "oh, my stars, look thereP'
Instantly we all of us looked, and this was
what we saw in the moonlight Near the
shore were two wide and ever widening circles
of concentric rings ripping away across the
Surface oi tue WuoeIi anu III 'n0 heiN
center of tho circles were two dark moving
objects
"What is It'll" asked l.
at is those damned lions, slr,' answered.
Job, in tone which was an odd hiiAture Vi a
sense of personal injury, habitual respect ana
acknowledged fear land they arc swimming
here to heat us, he added, neryously picking
up an "hp in his agitation. looked again.
! I ....,.1A Loaf n
there was no doubt ABOUT hi couiu o".o.
the glare OF their ferocious eyes Attracteu
either by the smell OF the newly Killed water
buck meat or Of ourselves, the hungry beasts
were actually storming our position;
Leo already had his rilie IN MS manu-
shouted to him to wait TIL they were nearer
and meanwhile grabbed my own ooihe ni'
teen feet from us tho water shalloWeu On a
bank to depth OF about iiiteeh iocnes' aii'
presently the first OF them-it was inc noness
got on to it, and shook herseil anu rVaieu.
At that moment Leo hred, ana 1ne ouiie.
went right down her open mouth anu ouV az
the back of her neck, and down sno oroppeu,
with a splash dead Inc second NOM iuli
grown male-was some TWO PAGES Dehiiu her.
AT this second he got ms lore paw on 70 INC
bank, when strange thing happened Ahefo
was rush ana disturbance OF lhe wafer, suen
ns one sees IN pond III Ehslaiiu "nen liAo
takes a little fish, only thousand tlnies
fiercer and larger, and suddenly the non gave
most terrific snarling roar, ana spruus toi-
ward on to tho bank, dragging something
black with him -,
"AllahW shouted Mahomed. "a crocooilc
has got him by the leg" And sure enough nc
had We could sec the long snout Win us
cleaning lines OF teeth ana inc rep'iie DoDy
behind it -
And then followed scene tnat aDsoiuVeiy
battles description. The lion managed 70 gS0
well on TO the pahN, lne croeouiie nun s','.u
ing and half swimming sun hppmg us hiiu
leg. bic roared I'LL the ar quiVeieu WIN .no
sound, and then, with savage snrleAins
snarl, turned round and ciawed noiu Oh INC
crocodiles head Inc crocouiie sliiluei IiS
grip, having as we atterwara alscoveisa, nau
one OF MS eyes oorh OUT anu .I' r ~ .I,